Talk:Melbourne Marathon

This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Athletics

	Sport of athletics portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Athletics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the sport of athletics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page and join the discussion.AthleticsWikipedia:WikiProject AthleticsTemplate:WikiProject AthleticsAthletics articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

Running

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Running, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of running on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.RunningWikipedia:WikiProject RunningTemplate:WikiProject RunningRunning articles

??? This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

This article has been automatically rated by a bot or other tool because one or more other projects use this class. Please ensure the assessment is correct before removing the |auto= parameter.

To-do list:
edit history watch purge tag all running related articles with {{WikiProject Running}} adding assessment and importance parameters when missing find references for articles listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject Running/Unreferenced BLPs adopt an article and promote it to GA

Australia: Melbourne / Sports Low‑importance

	Australia portal Melbourne Marathon is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project page.AustraliaWikipedia:WikiProject AustraliaTemplate:WikiProject AustraliaAustralia articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Melbourne (assessed as Low-importance).
	This article is supported by WikiProject Australian sports (assessed as Low-importance).
	Need help improving this article? Ask a Librarian^{What's this?} at the National Library of Australia.
	The Wikimedia Australia chapter can be contacted via email to helpwikimedia.org.au for non-editorial assistance.

Untitled[edit]

Although http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0200586/stuff/marathonfail.png is not a reliable source by itself, the content of http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/run-organiser-says-sorry-to-competitors-for-distance-blunder/story-e6frf9if-1225787071987 should be sufficient to confirm that the content of the "Marathonfail.png" file is legitimate.

If no-one objects in the next week I will remove the reliable source tag for this source. Gfcvoice (talk) 07:39, 17 April 2010 (UTC)Gfcvoice[reply]

Suggested name change[edit]

This page is currently called "Melbourne Marathon", however it also refers to the Half Marathon (21.1 km), 10 km and 5.5 km events. Given that these events are part of the same running festival, I think it makes sense to have Wikipedia entries for all four events in the one article.

As such, I suggest that this article changes title from "Melbourne Marathon" to "Melbourne Marathon Festival" as per the event web page:

http://www.melbournemarathon.com.au/

Gfcvoice (talk) 23:07, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See updated discussion on the Talk Page for Melbourne Marathon Festival Gfcvoice (talk) 15:41, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Photo of competitor collapsing[edit]

"A competitor collapses just prior to the finish line of the 2006 Melbourne Marathon"... Really what is the point of this photo? What does it add to the page ? Nothing. It should be deleted and more significant photos put in its place. 121.218.67.123 (talk) 23:29, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The point of the photo is to provide an image of a competitor in the Melbourne Marathon. You stated that "It should be deleted and more significant photos put in its place". You then deleted the photo but did not replace it. You're welcome to replace it with an alternative photo, but to remove it without replacing it detracts from the article. Gfcvoice (talk) 08:39, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]